A new template-free layered manganese(III) phosphate, Na 3 MnH(P 0.9 O 4 ) 2 , has been hydrothermally synthesized. The crystal structure was solved ab initio from powder X-ray diffraction data, and the model was confirmed using the Rietveld method. The material crystallizes in triclinic space group P1 j (No. 2) with lattice parameters a ) 5.2925(2) Å, b ) 6.9004(3) Å, c ) 5.2452(3) Å, R ) 91.56(0)°, β ) 116.95(0)°, γ ) 90.5(0)°, and Z ) 1. The structure consists of [Mn(P 0.9 O 4 ) 2 ] ∞ layers composed of isolated MnO 6 octahedra connected via corner-sharing asymmetric PO 4 tetrahedra. The interconnection between the layers is assured by Na + cations, which reside in the interlayered space. The system is paramagnetic above 50 K, with an effective paramagnetic moment of 4.85(3) µ B , ascertaining the Mn 3+ valence state of the Mn ions. Antiferromagnetic short-range-order effects are observed below 26.5 K.